public order

[Aemilius Paulus]

i've NEVER that had that much of a problem with public order.

Me neither. What I do have a problem with is the corruption, which is simply gargantuan, considering that I own 120 provinces by now. I wish there would be something more in EB II that could help deal with corruption. I thought I was going to conquer the wolrd, but after seeing how much my outer settlements are losing due to corruption and how negative their income is, I was quickly tempered. My capital is still Roma and I the easternmost settlements I own are Seleukeia and Babylon. Ekbatana-Susa-Charax is probably going to be the line of the furthest eastern extent of my empire. Such as Client Rulers for instance. After all, a Type IV government and the Client Ruler wasn't so much dependent on the capital of his overlords, thus theoretically reducing corruption. A settlement with Type IV government is like its own capital (almost). Now reducing corruption is not so historically accurate, but EB is a computer game. Game mechanics are not accurate like, say units for instance. A general's view camera is historically accurate, but almost no one uses it in the TW games.